US 11,949,493 B2
Mobile terminal and methods of use
Sattar Atashbahar, San Diego, CA (US); Raymond Gamboa, San Diego, CA (US); Mani Jodat, Germantown, MD (US); Juerg Widmer, San Diego, CA (US); and Bill Whitmarsh, San Diego, CA (US)
Assigned to HUGHES NETWORK SYSTEMS, LLC, Germantown, MD (US)
Filed by Hughes Network Systems, LLC, Germantown, MD (US)
Filed on Dec. 20, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/555,940.
Prior Publication US 2023/0198609 A1, Jun. 22, 2023
Int. Cl. H04B 7/185 (2006.01)
CPC H04B 7/18513 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A mobile terminal for enabling radio communications using software controlled mapping of frequencies, the mobile terminal comprising:
a common reference device configured to provide a common reference signal for frequency conversions;
frequency conversion circuitry configured to use the common reference signal from the common reference device to perform a frequency conversion of incoming and outgoing communications, the frequency conversion circuitry including an uplink communication signal path by which one or more outgoing communications are converted from a mobile frequency to a transmission frequency and a downlink communication signal path by which one or more incoming communications are converted from the transmission frequency to the mobile frequency, the mobile frequency being in a VHF or UHF frequency range, the transmission frequency being in an L-band or S-band frequency range; and
pilot tracking circuitry configured to determine a frequency error based on a frequency of a received pilot signal and cause an adjustment to the frequency conversion performed by the frequency conversion circuitry based on the frequency error.